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Quote by George Eliot
Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. -

Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot

Category:
Nature
Author
George Eliot
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. – George Eliot

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good
Author
George Eliot
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Other Quotes from
Beauty
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If I werent performing, Id be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyones problems – like a beauty therapist! – Beyonce Knowles

Category:
Beauty

Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves. – Derek Walcott

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Beauty

My daily beauty regimen is definitely always in the mornings, and at night, always washing my face with a basic cleanser. I also use a moisturizer with SPF to follow up. – Shay Mitchell

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Beauty

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment. – Mary McDonnell

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Beauty

Random Quotes

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. – H.L. Mencken

Category:
Humorous

Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldnt like jam if it didnt, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldnt like truth if it wasnt sticky, if, from time to time, it didnt ooze blood. – Jean Baudrillard

Category:
Fear

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, Give, give. – Abigail Adams

Category:
power

The sun is new each day. – Heraclitus

Category:
Morning